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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in e-learning have provided the means for humans all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are considering today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners be assured that teachers 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 business strategies are being used by institutions like Northwestern University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also describes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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