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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in electronic education technology have made it possible for humans in nations all aver the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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