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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in digital education technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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