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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in digital education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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