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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in digital education technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous subjects that blended learning organizations are dealing with now that blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Bowling Green State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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