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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online learning technology have enabled learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Marquette University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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