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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online education have enabled people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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