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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in elearning have provided the means for learners all around the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these promising new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this crescive demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This gripping new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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