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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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