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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in online education have enabled people all over the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to better perceive these significant new open educational ventures. People want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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