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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning are enabling students in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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