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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning have empowered people all over the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to better grasp these important new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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