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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advances in blended learning are providing the means for students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to better comprehend these compelling new open educational ventures. Students want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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