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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in elearning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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