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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Concordia University Wisconsin to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these significant new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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