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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic educational technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to better understand these open educational ventures. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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