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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in e-learning have made it possible for people all over the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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