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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in elearning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Bowling Green State University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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