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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education have enabled people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these exciting new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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