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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online learning have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations have to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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