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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in learning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions must deal with today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better comprehend these open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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