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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning technology have enabled humans all over the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions must deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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