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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in online education have enabled humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is all right? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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