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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online education are empowering students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Educators want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive need for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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