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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in blended learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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