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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic educational technology are empowering people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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