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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massively open online courses? How can educators get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these compelling new open education ventures. Educators want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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