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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions are dealing with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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