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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education have empowered students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to better understand these compelling new open education endeavours. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this crescive need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also examines 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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