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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online education have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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