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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions have to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open education endeavours. Academics want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also deals with the key 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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