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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in online education enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions must deal with today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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