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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in e-learning technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these exciting new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this growing desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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