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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in blended learning technology are enabling students all over the world to take courses online. 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. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to be more aware of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also investigates the major 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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