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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in electronic education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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