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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online learning have enabled humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? 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 organizations deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Educators want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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