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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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