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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in elearning have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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