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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest gains in digital education technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Public servants want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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