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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in learning technology are empowering humans all around the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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