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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in digital education technology enable humans in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are dealing with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we certify that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Scholars want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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