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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered learners all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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