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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in e-learning have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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