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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in elearning are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Bowling Green State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these significant new open education ventures. Professors want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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