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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in electronic education technology make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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