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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in digital education technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions are considering now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Bowling Green State University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can organizations handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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