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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in online learning have enabled learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Marquette University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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