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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants certify that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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