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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in electronic educational technology make it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Universities want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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