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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Professors want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this developing demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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