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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology have made it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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