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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in electronic educational technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions have to consider today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Northwestern University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these exciting new open education initiatives. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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