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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in e-learning have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Northwestern University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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