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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in distance learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Northwestern University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to better grasp these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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