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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in elearning have provided the means for students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational endeavours. Academics want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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