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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these significant new open educational experiments. Trainers want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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