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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in blended learning have enabled students in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning organizations must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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