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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online learning have made it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Northwestern University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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