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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in electronic educational technology enable students in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education initiatives. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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