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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in e-learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Concordia University Wisconsin to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Students want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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