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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are almost always 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 several issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like Marquette University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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