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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? How can educators manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational ventures. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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