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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Educators want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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