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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning enable students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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