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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in elearning enable people in nations all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different 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? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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