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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in online education technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to take part in classes online. These massive open courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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