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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in elearning have enabled people all over the world to take online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Academics want to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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