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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning organizations are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a desire to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to better grasp these fascinating new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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