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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. 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. These online MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Concordia University Wisconsin to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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