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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online education are enabling students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions are considering now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these important new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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