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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are considering today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Bowling Green State University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and many other participants need to better grasp these promising new open education ventures. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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