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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these compelling new open education undertakings. Educators want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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