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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in e-learning have enabled humans all over the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Educators want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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