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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in online learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? How can we handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Instructors want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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