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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education have provided the means for humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Professors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also researches the most important 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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