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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in digital education technology are making it possible for students all over the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Marquette University to conduct these MOOC courses? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this growing demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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