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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in electronic educational technology have enabled humans all over the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to better grasp these new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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