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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in learning technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also describes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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