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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Northwestern University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these fascinating new open education experiments. Public servants want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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