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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in distance learning have enabled people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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