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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better comprehend these significant new open educational ventures. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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