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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in elearning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. 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. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants would like to better understand these promising new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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