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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in online learning technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Researchers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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