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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in blended learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions have to deal with now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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