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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education technology are empowering humans all around the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these promising new open education ventures. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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