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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online education are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these compelling new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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