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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning are enabling people all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these important new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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