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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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