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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in electronic education technology are enabling people all over the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Iceland to conduct these massive open online courses? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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