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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these important new open educational ventures. Professors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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