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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Northwestern University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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