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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in online education have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also researches the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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