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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in digital education technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to take part in courses online. 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. MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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