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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in e-learning make it possible for people all around the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these MOOCs? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these important new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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