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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these promising new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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