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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that online education organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Academics want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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