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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online learning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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