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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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