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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in online learning technology enable students all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Concordia University Wisconsin to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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