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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online education enable people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Bowling Green State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. People want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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