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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in digital education technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are considering today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these compelling new open education initiatives. Universities want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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