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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education are making it possible for people all around the world to take online classes. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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