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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in elearning have enabled learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Educators want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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