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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these exciting new open education endeavours. Instructors want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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