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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning technology make it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are considering today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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