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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in online education technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these MOOC classes? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these fascinating new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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