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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in elearning are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open education initiatives. Scholars want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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