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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in digital education technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Guam to conduct these MOOC classes? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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