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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Concordia University Wisconsin to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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