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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in e-learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? How can institutions deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these compelling new open education ventures. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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