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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning organizations are considering now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. People want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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