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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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