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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online learning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. People want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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