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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in blended learning have enabled people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions must deal with now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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