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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic education technology are enabling people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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