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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online learning technology have enabled students all around the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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