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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education undertakings. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this expanding need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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