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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in learning technology enable people all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Instructors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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