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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in online education are enabling students in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Marquette University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these new open educational initiatives. Scientists want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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