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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations have to deal with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is good? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by institutions like Bulgaria to conduct these massive open online courses? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these compelling new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this expanding need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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