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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in distance learning technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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