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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in learning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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