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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in digital education technology enable people in all parts of the world to take courses online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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