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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in elearning make it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Trainers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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