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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in digital education technology are empowering people all over the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions must deal with now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Northwestern University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants need to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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