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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online education have made it possible for students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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