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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in e-learning have made it possible for students in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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