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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What 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 deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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