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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in elearning are empowering people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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