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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning technology are empowering students in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations are having to consider now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Northwestern University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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