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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online education enable students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Marquette University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this increasing need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also investigates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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