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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in distance learning are empowering people all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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