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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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