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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Northwestern University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these interesting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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