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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to better understand these important new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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