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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online education enable students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to understand these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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