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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take part in classes online. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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