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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in online learning make it possible for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Bowling Green State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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