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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in electronic educational technology make it possible for students all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Northwestern University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to better grasp these new open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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