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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education technology enable humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations are considering now that blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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