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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online learning technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. People want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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