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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in blended learning are empowering learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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