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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advancements in electronic education technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions make sure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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