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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online learning are enabling people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Teachers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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