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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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