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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in online learning technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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