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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to take courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Davidson College to conduct these massively open online courses? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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