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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in elearning technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to take online classes. These MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Concordia University Wisconsin to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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