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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in elearning technology have empowered students all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to better perceive these important new open education endeavours. Scholars want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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