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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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