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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in electronic educational technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Northwestern University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education ventures. Everyone wants to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education