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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in digital education technology make it possible for humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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