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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in digital education technology are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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