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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in electronic educational technology have enabled students all around the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Bowling Green State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also researches the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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