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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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