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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online education are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Northwestern University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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