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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online education have enabled humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Korea, South to conduct these massively open online courses? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these exciting new open educational experiments. Students want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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