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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online learning are providing the means for humans all over the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? How can participants handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these fascinating new open education endeavours. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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