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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in electronic education technology are enabling humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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