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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education technology are enabling people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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