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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in e-learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage inadequate learner motivation and high student 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 commonplace there is a developing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these important new open educational initiatives. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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