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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with now that blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better understand these interesting new open education endeavours. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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