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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in blended learning have enabled learners all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are considering now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and numerous other participants want to better understand these exciting new open educational initiatives. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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