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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in e-learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Students want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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