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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in e-learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are struggling with now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these intriguing new open education initiatives. Public servants want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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