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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in e-learning have empowered people all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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