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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in e-learning technology have made it possible for students all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning organizations are having to consider now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like Marquette University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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