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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in e-learning are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like Concordia University Wisconsin to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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