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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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