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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education have enabled people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Mexico to conduct these massive open online courses? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these interesting new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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