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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic education technology have enabled learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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