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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This book also investigates the 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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