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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in digital education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like British Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and many other participants need to better grasp these open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. People want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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