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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in electronic educational technology have empowered humans all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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