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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Bowling Green State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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