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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in online learning technology enable people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Northwestern University to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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