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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in distance learning technology have enabled humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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