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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in electronic educational technology have empowered students in nations all aver the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these significant new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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