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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education have enabled learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Northwestern University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also describes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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