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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning technology have empowered students all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Bowling Green State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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