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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online education are enabling humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to better grasp these important new open educational experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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