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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education enable students in every nation on earth to take online courses. These MOOC classes are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these massive open online courses? How can participants get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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