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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in e-learning technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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