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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in blended learning have enabled learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Trainers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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