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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This book also talks about the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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