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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in blended learning technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. Corporations want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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