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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online education are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Northwestern University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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