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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Northwestern University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better perceive these open education undertakings. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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