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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education have empowered students all over the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? How can organizations get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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