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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. New gains in online learning enable students in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are considering more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these exciting new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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