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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in online education have enabled humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to be more aware of these new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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