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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in distance learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these exciting new open educational ventures. Academics want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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