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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in distance learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that elearning organizations have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Nagorno-Karabakh to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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