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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in elearning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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