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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advancements in online learning have empowered people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Academics want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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