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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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