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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in digital education technology are enabling learners all over the world to participate in courses online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these interesting new open education endeavours. Universities want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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