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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in online education enable students all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions are considering now that blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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