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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Bowling Green State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Scientists want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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