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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online education technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Teachers want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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