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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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