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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in digital education technology have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Oman to conduct these massively open online courses? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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