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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online education enable students in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a developing need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these significant new open educational ventures. Students want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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