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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Bowling Green State University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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