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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Corporations want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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