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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in online education technology make it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these compelling new open education initiatives. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this growing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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