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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in electronic education technology are empowering people all over the world to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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