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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in e-learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Northwestern University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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