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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in elearning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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