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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in digital education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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