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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in distance learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also reviews the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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