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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Universities want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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