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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online education technology are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of North Carolina to conduct these massively open online courses? How can organizations handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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