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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in electronic education technology are empowering students all over the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Northwestern University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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