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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in distance learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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