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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are considering in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these new open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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