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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in online education technology have empowered learners all over the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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