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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that online education organizations are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can institutions handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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