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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online education technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Marquette University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage low motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. People want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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