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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Bowling Green State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these significant new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this growing need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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