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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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