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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Universities want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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