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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic educational technology have enabled learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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