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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in e-learning have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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