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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in elearning are enabling humans all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also considers the major 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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