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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in digital education technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Namibia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Students want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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