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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? How can institutions handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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