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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online education have enabled learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations have to consider more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Marquette University to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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