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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in blended learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these intriguing new open educational ventures. Students want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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