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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in electronic education technology are making it possible for students all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Bowling Green State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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