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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning have enabled people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions have to consider today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these important new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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