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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in online education are empowering people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Concordia University Wisconsin to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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