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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in elearning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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