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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in elearning technology enable humans in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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