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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in elearning are providing the means for students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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