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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations have to deal with now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Northwestern University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these promising new open education initiatives. Students want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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