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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Bowling Green State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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