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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in online learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. 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. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Concordia University Wisconsin to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these exciting new open education ventures. Everybody wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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