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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning are enabling learners all over the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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