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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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