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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education technology are enabling learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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