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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in blended learning enable learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these compelling new open education endeavours. Teachers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also explores the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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