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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in distance learning have empowered people all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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