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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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