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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Northwestern University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these exciting new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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