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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in electronic educational technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Concordia University Wisconsin to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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