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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in digital education technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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