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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in blended learning make it possible for learners all over the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to understand these promising new open educational ventures. Universities want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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