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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always 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 blended learning organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Kingman Reef to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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