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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advances in electronic educational technology make it possible for people all over the world to take part in classes online. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Concordia University Wisconsin to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this demand for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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