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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Instructors want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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