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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also describes the 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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