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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in blended learning have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are considering in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? How can institutions handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a developing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better understand these compelling new open education undertakings. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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