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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take online classes. These MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Northwestern University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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