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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to better perceive these compelling new open education endeavours. Trainers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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