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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in electronic educational technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this need for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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