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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in electronic education technology have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are considering today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to understand these compelling new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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