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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning technology enable humans in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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