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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in digital education technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations make sure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Northwestern University to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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