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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling students all over the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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