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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in e-learning have enabled learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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