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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in distance learning have made it possible for learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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