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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in blended learning technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of subjects that online education organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these open educational initiatives. Students want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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