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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. New gains in elearning technology are empowering humans in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better understand these compelling new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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