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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Students want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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