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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in online education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these interesting new open education ventures. Universities want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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