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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in electronic education technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions are considering today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Bowling Green State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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