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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in distance learning technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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