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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning organizations are dealing with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Netherlands to conduct these massively open online courses? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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