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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in e-learning technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Northwestern University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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