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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in elearning enable people all over the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations have to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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