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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in online education have enabled students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always 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 issues that online learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Marquette University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Trainers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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