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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in elearning technology are empowering humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to better understand these open educational experiments. Teachers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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