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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in online learning technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are considering now that blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Denmark to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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