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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning technology are making it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations have to consider today because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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