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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in learning technology are making it possible for students all around the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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