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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in electronic educational technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a developing need to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Universities want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this growing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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