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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in elearning technology are enabling people all over the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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