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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning have empowered people all over the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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