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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in electronic education technology enable humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these exciting new open educational ventures. Public servants want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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