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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in learning technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better grasp these interesting new open educational initiatives. Students want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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