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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education technology enable people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these MOOC courses? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these important new open education endeavours. Public servants want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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