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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in elearning technology enable humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is passable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like Concordia University Wisconsin to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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