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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are considering more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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