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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Nauru to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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