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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in digital education technology enable people all around the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Northwestern University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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