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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in blended learning enable learners in all parts of the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. People want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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