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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online learning have enabled people all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations are considering today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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