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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education technology are empowering students all around the world to take online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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