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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in electronic education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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