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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in digital education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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