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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online learning technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education endeavours. Researchers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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