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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in learning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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