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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are considering today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education initiatives. Trainers want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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