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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like Concordia University Wisconsin to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Universities want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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