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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning have enabled learners in all parts of the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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