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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in blended learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Marquette University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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