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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions are dealing with now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational undertakings. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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