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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in digital education technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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