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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Trainers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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