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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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