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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in online education have enabled people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions have to deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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