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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in elearning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Northwestern University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to be more aware of these exciting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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