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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in elearning make it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations must deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Northwestern University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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