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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in electronic education technology have made it possible for humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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