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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in distance learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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