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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning have enabled people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Berklee College of Music to conduct these MOOCs? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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