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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in blended learning have enabled people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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