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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in electronic educational technology have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations must deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators make sure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Denmark to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these significant new open education endeavours. Students want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also studies the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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