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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in online learning have enabled people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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