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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning have empowered humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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