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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in online learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Michigan State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education undertakings. Corporations want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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