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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in distance learning are empowering learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these promising new open education endeavours. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also describes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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