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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in blended learning technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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