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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in online education technology are enabling learners all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding need for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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