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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning have enabled humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business 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 stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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