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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in blended learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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