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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to take classes online. These MOOC classes are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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