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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in digital education technology enable humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are struggling with today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and many other participants would like to understand these promising new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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