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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in online learning technology make it possible for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Marquette University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to better grasp these promising new open education ventures. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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