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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in e-learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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