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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in e-learning are empowering learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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