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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in online education technology enable people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Marquette University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also talks about the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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