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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in distance learning are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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