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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in digital education technology have made it possible for students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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