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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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