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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in digital education technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several subjects that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Northwestern University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to better grasp these important new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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