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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in learning technology enable people all over the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Marquette University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Corporations want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the major 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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