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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in electronic educational technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle low motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these open educational initiatives. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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