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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in e-learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open educational experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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