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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online education are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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