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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in blended learning are enabling humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these significant new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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