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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning are providing the means for humans all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are dealing with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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