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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in elearning enable people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Northwestern University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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