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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in elearning technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that elearning institutions must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these MOOCs? How can educators manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these important new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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