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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning are enabling people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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