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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in online education are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Educators want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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