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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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