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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in elearning technology are enabling humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? This book conveys life-changing stories that might inspire others to try experiencing MOOCs and open education. How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Concordia University Wisconsin to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to better perceive these important new open educational experiments. Trainers want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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