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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in electronic education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Nicaragua to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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