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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online education are enabling people all over the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC classes are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Northwestern University to conduct these MOOC courses? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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