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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in blended learning technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Benin to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Students want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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