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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in blended learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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