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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in blended learning technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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