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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in electronic educational technology have enabled students all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants want to better understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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