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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. New developments in digital education technology are making it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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