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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education enable people in all parts of the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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