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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are considering in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this developing demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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