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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also explores the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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