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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in online learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology organizations are struggling with today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Northwestern University to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these significant new open education experiments. Academics want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating 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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