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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning technology have empowered students all around the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOC classes? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Students want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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