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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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