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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in digital education technology have enabled humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Northwestern University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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