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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advancements in e-learning technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Sao Tome and Principe to conduct these massive open online courses? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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