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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in online education technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Marquette University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Academics want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also talks about 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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