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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in e-learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. People want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also deals with the most important 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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