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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in blended learning technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like British Sovereign Base Areas to conduct these massive open online courses? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. Professors want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also investigates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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