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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online education have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are dealing with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Northwestern University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education undertakings. Educators want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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