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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these important new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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