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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning technology enable humans all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better grasp these interesting new open education undertakings. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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