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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in distance learning technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider more than ever because learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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