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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning technology are making it possible for students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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