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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in online learning are making it possible for learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Professors want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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