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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education make it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Moldova to conduct these MOOC classes? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Researchers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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