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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in learning technology enable students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that online education technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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