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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in elearning are providing the means for humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Austria to conduct these massively open online courses? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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