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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education enable learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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