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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in elearning are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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