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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in elearning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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