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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning are enabling students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Bowling Green State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Students want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this developing desire for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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