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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online education enable people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Northwestern University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Educators want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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