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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in elearning are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different 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 we get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these compelling new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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