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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning make it possible for students all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Trainers want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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