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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning enable people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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