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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online learning technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are struggling with today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Djibouti to conduct these massively open online courses? How can we get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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