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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in electronic education technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing 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 instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Howland Island to conduct these massively open online courses? How can participants handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Academics want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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