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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning have enabled humans in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this growing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also describes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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