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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. New advances in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for learners all around the world to take part in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are considering now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? How can participants manage poor motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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