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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Bowling Green State University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these important new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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