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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in online learning have enabled people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can stakeholders handle inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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