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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in online education technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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