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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in elearning have enabled people in nations all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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