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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in distance learning technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these massively open online courses? How can institutions deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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