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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning are enabling learners in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions have to deal with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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