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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in digital education technology are enabling students all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this growing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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