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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Northwestern University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these interesting new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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