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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning are enabling students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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