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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online education are empowering students in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are dealing with today because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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