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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is all right? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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