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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online learning are enabling people all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that e-learning institutions are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Northwestern University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. Professors want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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