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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in electronic education technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Concordia University Wisconsin to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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