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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Ukraine to conduct these massively open online courses? How can participants handle low motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open education ventures. Universities want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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