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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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