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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online learning enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Comoros to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these exciting new open educational ventures. Scientists want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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