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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online learning are empowering students in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like Northwestern University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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