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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in digital education technology are enabling people all over the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to understand these interesting new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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