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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in digital education technology enable learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Northwestern University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this need for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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