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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online learning are enabling people all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions are dealing with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality of these MOOCs is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Marquette University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these new open education initiatives. Trainers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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