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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in elearning enable people all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Northwestern University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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