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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in online education enable humans all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Bowling Green State University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Students want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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