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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Finland to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these fascinating new open education undertakings. Public servants want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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