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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic education technology enable people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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