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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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