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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in learning technology have made it possible for humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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