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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online education technology are enabling learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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