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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in online education enable learners all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Educators want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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