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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in electronic education technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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