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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic educational technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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