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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in digital education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These online MOOCs are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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