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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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