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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in online education technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Professors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this crescive demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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