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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in online education are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Public servants want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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