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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in elearning technology have enabled learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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