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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in elearning make it possible for people all over the world to take classes online. 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 MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Professors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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