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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in online education technology enable students all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Students want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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