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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in blended learning technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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