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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in electronic education technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are having to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Concordia University Wisconsin to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Trainers want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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