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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Northwestern University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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