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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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