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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning are providing the means for humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to better understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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