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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Yemen to conduct these massively open online courses? How can participants handle problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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