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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? 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 in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these new open education ventures. Students want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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