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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in distance learning are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning organizations must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these significant new open education endeavours. Researchers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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