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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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