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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online learning technology have empowered students all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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