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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are considering now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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