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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in electronic education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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