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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in elearning have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions are considering in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these compelling new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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