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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning have provided the means for learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations have to deal with now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? How can we manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Scholars want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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