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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in elearning are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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