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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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