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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online education have enabled people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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