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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education undertakings. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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