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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in digital education technology are enabling students all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scholars want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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