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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in elearning are empowering people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better grasp these compelling new open education endeavours. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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