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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in e-learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that elearning organizations are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these massive open online courses? How can we handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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