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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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