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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in e-learning have made it possible for students all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other participants want to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing demand for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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