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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in electronic education technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these fascinating new open education ventures. People want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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