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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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