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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in e-learning make it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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