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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in distance learning have enabled students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Marquette University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Researchers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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