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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in digital education technology enable people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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