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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Concordia University Wisconsin to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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