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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Scholars want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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