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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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