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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these compelling new open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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