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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in e-learning have empowered humans all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This gripping new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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