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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in electronic educational technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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