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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in elearning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Bowling Green State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Students want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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