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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in blended learning have empowered people all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations must deal with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also researches the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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