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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in distance learning technology enable students in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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