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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in e-learning have made it possible for students in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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