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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in online learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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