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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest changes in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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