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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to better understand these exciting new open educational ventures. Corporations want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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