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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in electronic educational technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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