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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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