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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in elearning technology have enabled students in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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