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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning organizations are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Bowling Green State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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