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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic educational technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Concordia University Wisconsin to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. People want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this growing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also considers 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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