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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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