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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in electronic educational technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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