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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in digital education technology enable humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like British Virgin Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to understand these intriguing new open education undertakings. Scholars want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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