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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in technology-enhanced learning enable people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with now that blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Kiribati to conduct these massively open online courses? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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