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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in electronic educational technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to take courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these important new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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