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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning make it possible for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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