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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning have enabled students all over the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Students want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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