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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in technology-enhanced learning enable people in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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