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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in online education are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Northwestern University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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