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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in online education make it possible for humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for facts the interesting 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 sensational new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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