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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in e-learning have enabled students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Marquette University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these compelling new open educational experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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