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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in blended learning enable humans all over the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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