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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in elearning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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