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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Northwestern University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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