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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in distance learning have provided the means for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Queen Maud Land to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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