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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. New changes in elearning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational endeavours. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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