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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in elearning have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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