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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in digital education technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many subjects that e-learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these new open educational ventures. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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