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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in online education have empowered humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. People want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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