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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in e-learning technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better comprehend these new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also investigates the most important 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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