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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online education enable learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to consider today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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