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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in elearning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are free for students but do not 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 lot of topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Concordia University Wisconsin to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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