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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in blended learning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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