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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these new open education initiatives. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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