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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in electronic education technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Northwestern University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open education undertakings. Public servants want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this growing need for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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