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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in blended learning technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these compelling new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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