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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in online education technology are enabling learners all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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