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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online learning technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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