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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in elearning are empowering humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these important new open educational endeavours. Educators want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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