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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in blended learning technology make it possible for students in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are considering today because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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