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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in digital education technology make it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning organizations must deal with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Northwestern University to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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