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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in online education have enabled learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Marquette University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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