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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in electronic education technology are providing the means for students all over the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Bowling Green State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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