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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in learning technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage low motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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