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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology have enabled learners all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC courses? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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