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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in online education are empowering students all over the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to better perceive these new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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