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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these fascinating new open education undertakings. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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