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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in online education technology make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Northwestern University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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