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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in electronic educational technology have enabled learners in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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