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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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