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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. New changes in online learning have enabled humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? 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 institutions like Canada to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these open education endeavours. People want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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