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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in blended learning make it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these compelling new open educational undertakings. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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