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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning are making it possible for people all around the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage poor student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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