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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in blended learning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Northwestern University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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