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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online education have made it possible for humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are having to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Concordia University Wisconsin to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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