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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions are struggling with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better grasp these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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