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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in distance learning have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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