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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in e-learning enable students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Broward College to conduct these massively open online courses? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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