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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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