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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in learning technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are considering more than ever because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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