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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are considering today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Greenland to conduct these MOOC courses? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Lecturers want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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